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Saturday game report: Raptors at Bucks

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PLAYER OF THE GAME: Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings finished with a career-best 19 assists while adding 11 points and five rebounds in 45 minutes. Jennings had 10 assists without a turnover in the first half. Jennings' previous high was 13 assists. "It should have been 23 (assists). It was my fault, though. I didn't put the passes in the right direction. If you think about it, this should be six games in a row we should have won. These are good get-back games for us right now."

BIG NUMBER: Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry sank a pair of three-pointers in overtime, giving him a rare 10-10-10 triple-double. Lowry had 10 points, six in overtime, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and even added five steals, five fouls and six turnovers in 36 minutes.

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TEAMS: Bucks (29-28) vs. Utah Jazz (32-27).

WHEN: 7 p.m. Monday.

WHERE: BMO Harris Bradley Center.

BROADCASTS: TV - FS Wisconsin. Radio - AM-620.

NOTEBOOK

LEARNING PROCESS: John Henson never knows how much he will play from game to game.

But the Bucks rookie power forward is getting used to it.

When he was called on in Houston on Wednesday, the 6-foot-11 Henson contributed 12 points and five rebounds in just 13 minutes off the bench.

The previous night in Dallas, he played only 3 minutes and went scoreless.

Go back one more game and Henson contributed 11 points and six rebounds in 15 minutes against Atlanta.

"With me playing, it's more the matchups and the flow of the game," said Henson, who played 9 minutes and scored eight points Saturday. "We're in a playoff race and you've got to do what's best for the team.

"Whenever I get a chance I go in there and I produce."

Henson is the primary backup to Ersan Ilyasova and has him when he gets in early foul trouble.

"John is a rookie and every game is a learning experience for him," coach Jim Boylan said. "He's starting to understand now when we put him in there we're not putting him in to run to the three-point line and post up.

"That's what he was doing early on so he figured that out. Every game he's getting a little bit better. Some games, like a rookie, he'll be a little bit lost out there but other games he looks great.

"We throw him out there and see what we've got for that night and we go from there."

FOR THE RECORD: Jennings returned to the team after attending the funeral of his great aunt in Los Angeles.

Toronto forward Rudy Gay was a last-minute scratch due to back spasms.